violon

le violon (FR N-M) violin, musical instrument with four strings tuned in fifths (g, d, a, and e) held between the shoulder and the chin, played with a bow, it has a hollow wooden resonating body and an attached neck and pegbox; the player of said instrument. In French, the word can indicate the entire family of bowed, four-stringed instruments. The most famous and beautiful violins were built in or near Cremona, Italy in the 17th century by violin-making dynasties such as Guarnerius, and…